TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police on Friday introduced the dismissal of a 52-year-old sergeant from the Ayase Police Station for possessing photographs of 20 feminine corpses dealt with throughout autopsies, stories Jiji Press (Feb. 27).
According to police, the sergeant, who labored within the Police Affairs Division, used his smartphone to take photographs within the morgue on the police stations the place he beforehand labored. He defined that he did so “to satisfy his sexual desires.”
From round 2009 to 2022, the sergeant labored as a forensic investigator on the Akabane, Joto, and Fuchu police stations. While there, he photographed feminine our bodies he dealt with throughout forensic actions and obtained the picture information.
Some of the photographs present the our bodies bare. It has not been confirmed whether or not the information was leaked to different events. At least 730 items of work-related picture information, together with these of our bodies, are stated to have been possessed.
The sergeant was arrested by Saitama Prefectural Police in September final 12 months on suspicion of violating the Act on Punishment of Intimate Photography for secretly taking photographs up a girl’s skirt at a station in Saitama Prefecture. The possession of the pictures of the feminine corpses was subsequently found.
Tokyo Metropolitan Police Counselor Junichiro Suga commented, “This has hurt the dignity of the deceased. We offer our deepest apologies.”